Karadzic jailed for Bosnia war Srebrenica genocide Hague: Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has been convicted of genocide and war crimes in the 1992-95 war, and sentenced to 40 years in j...

Mladic arrested after years on the run Map of Vojvodina Serbia Police have arrested former Serbian military commander Ratko Mladic, the highest-ranking war crimes suspect still at large from the Balkan wars

U.N. war crimes tribunal: Former Bosnian Serb president has been arrested after more than a decade in hiding

Radovan Karadzic, 63, accused of masterminding ethnic cleansing deportations and killings of Bosnian Muslims and Croats. Karadzic was the Bosnian Serb political leader during the 1992-1995 war that followed Bosnia-Herzegovina's secession from Yugoslavia the time of the Srebrenica massacre and the 44-month siege of Sarajevo

Kosovo has formally declared its independence from Serbia in a move opposed by Serbia and Russia but backed by many western governments

Lawmakers in the legislature of the former province approved the declaration of independence at an extraordinary session. It was read out in Albanian, Serbian and English by prime minister Thaci before the approval of state symbols including new national flag and anthem